Joey Jones had no idea what to make of someone playing with toy really close to a busy street. Especially given it was really expensive. Still he had learned a lot about the inner workings of a toy he had wanted as he worked to fix one that had been hit by a car.

As he worked on it one night he had no idea a glowing figure looked in for a moment. Eldoran knew that soon a new guardian spirit of the Earth would be born. A guardian that the Earth desperately needed.

Though Eldoran was not sure what to make of the name Joey intended to call his toy.

Heroman was kind of an odd name for a guardian spirit of the Earth.

V-V-V

The staff at Hogwarts had seen many things over the years. Even more of them since Londo Bell moved into the school and caused so many chaos.

Somehow even with that they didn't expect for an alien to be sent to the school by the Terran League government. Even for this they expected the officer sent to have been a human being and if they were lucky a magic user.

One thing they had to admit they had not seen before is a micronized Zentradi. Though the fact Vrlitwhai Kirdanik was even at "micro" size a huge man made them wonder what his full size would be. He likely be the size of a variable fighter or perhaps even a mobile suit.

The fact he had blue skin, and some device over one of his eyes added to the sheer alien feel of him. The Fleed siblings if they had wizard clothes on could easily walk down Diagon Alley without anyone noticing.

Vrlitwhai could never do that. He could never mistake him for being a human. It made him far more alien than Duke Fleed could ever be to the Hogwarts staff. Frankly at times they forgot that he or his sister Maria were from another planet.

Though they had heard about Vrlitwhai Kirdanik, but that was a very odd source and he wasn't quite what they expected.

"I thought he was supposed to be green like in that movie," Professor Sprout muttered referring to a movie that had been made about the Space War called Do You Remember Love.

Vrlitwhai shrugged. "They took some liberties with that film. Ironically they did get my friend Exsedol correct."

"Is he going to show up?" Professor McGonagall inquired as she wondered how many aliens were going to show up at the school. Especially if they were going to have massive heads like Exsedol had in that movie.

Vrlitwhai shook his head. "He is busy as part of the Macross Seven exploration fleet."

That drove home a bit to the magic users even more than talking to an alien how crazy things were when that sort of statement was normal and understandable. Or that they even knew what he was talking about.

The strange and alien truly had become commonplace for them.

"In any case your castle now turns into a starship thanks to an entity that is a guardian spirit of this planet," Vrlitwhai commented. "And I have been made captain of Hogwarts so someone experienced in space combat and ship command so your...head boy...isn't burning both ends of the candle with his academic endeavors."

"You mean Percy Weasley has been captain of Hogwarts for over a month?" Snape asked not sure if he should have expected that or be surprised.

"That would be correct," Dumbledore admitted.

The other professors were surprised to find out what the head boy had been doing.

Vrlitwhai looked Dumbledore in the eye, and seemed to dare the man to look into his head as the Zentradi warrior sized up the headmaster.

Dumbledore didn't desire doing that at all. He didn't want to look into the mind of Vrlitwhai. Something that the massive Zentradi figured out in an instant.

"In any case," Vrlitwhai stated. "I expect you to all understand my word is law when it comes to combat for this school. Also that I have little tolerance for foolish behavior from the students or any of you."

Snape felt slighted by that, but didn't say anything as he was sure the...man...in front of him won't care.

"I trust in all the teachers at Hogwarts," Dumbledore commented.

"So I have heard,' Vrlitwhai dryly noted. "And I have no idea why that should matter to me in any fashion."

"I told you they weren't going to be impressed Albus," Mad Eye said with bemusement.

The fact Mad Eye had relaxed was weirder than talking to an alien for some of the staff. They had remembered him being extremely paranoid and not willing to let his guard down at all.

Dumbledore was able to avoid groaning at his friend's statement due to so much political experience. He also was sure that Alastor was doing it just to amuse himself.

"Also everything I have been informed about this...school...makes me wonder how any of you can claim to be the best school of magic beyond ego," Vrlitwhai mused.

"Most of what you have been informed about has been from a trio of sources that paint Hogwarts in a bad light," Dumbledore admitted.

"Yes two people bullied and a man that nearly got the potions professor here murdered," Vrilwhai said sharply. "With said professor now taking out what he felt in his school days out on the house that bullied him. I am sure many psychologists would find this place just behind NERV and the Reclaimers in business they would have."

All the professors made a face at that as they'd learned how completely and utterly crazy those two organizations were. Even Dumbledore could not keep from doing it.

"I also notice two professors missing," Vrlitwhai said as Lowe and Coop weren't there.

"You can not desire to make them official," Minerva commented as she started to pale.

Vrlitwhai's expression did not help their nerves. The bemused gleam to his organic eye made it clear he wished to be contrary on that point.

"Deputy Headmistress I find both of them are as qualified to teach on mecha as Professor Hagrid here is on teaching about magical animals," the Zentradi warrior said with a slight smirk. "And I believe it would enrich the student body a great deal for it to be made official."

Snape had a feeling this alien either just hated them, or merely wished to annoy them as much as he could.

Neither option was good.

The part that scared Snape was he could imagine the painting of James Potter loving all this and being extremely pleased. Which annoyed the hell out of the professor.

Not many if anything that amused James Potter was a good thing for him. His dignity was always a causality.

"Also I do wonder why you allow a class to be used as nap time for the children," Vrlitwhai pondered outloud. "Perhaps it would be interesting to tell the other two schools in talks for that Triwizard Tournament about that. After all I wonder what they would think about Hogwarts having no real grasp on history or too cheap for it to be taught well."

Dumbledore had a feeling seeing if Molly would want the job would be a good idea. Also if Coop and Lowe were made professors to not have them be at any Triwizard Tournament meetings. Because he was sure they'd be unable to keep the tasks secret and also likely find things that'd make a nundu look like someone's pampered housecat in terms of danger. He did not need anything that dangerous at the Triwizard Tournament when Londo Bell and the Terran League government were keeping a close eye on Hogwarts.

Trying to hire Molly was something he would get on right away. Even with how annoyed Molly was with him at least her distaste would not involve insane things thrown at him or done to the school. Or him being attacked by her.

"Also I believe that it would be a good idea for me to be able to meet with the heads of those other schools," Vrlitwhai stated. "I believe one of them as has a student that helped out in the Cosmobase incident and during the assault on the Burrow."

"Is your goal to make everyone into a giant robot pilot?" Remus inquired.

"Perhaps it would allow all these students to be instilled with an understanding of what lethal weapons are," Vrlitwhai replied. "Given they don't understand their wands definitely are such a weapon."

"I have been working on that," Remus informed Vrlitwhai.

"And yet it was on your own and not a mandate of the school you did that," Vrlitwhai noted. "Something I am sure the Headmaster could easily have done years ago and should have given if more were like the previous two DADA teachers than you."

Dumbledore knew enough to not disagree on that point with an alien whose origins were literally to be made to fight in a war.

Though he didn't intend for Ryoma Nagare as a DADA assistant to have any official power at Hogwarts. The man's reputation and insane smirk gave him too much already for Albus's tastes. Albus didn't voice that as he was sure Tom having been more or less the DADA teacher would be brought up to snub him.

'I really have to prepare to things like that to be brought up against me,' Dumbledore thought to himself.

Severus wondered how all this madness made more sense than a Potter having his first name for a middle name. It was all crazy, but that was the natural state of Londo Bell. Anyone in the Potter family using his first name for anything involving their children he could not understand. Also that they clearly did not ask the magical painting of James Potter who ask if they making a lousy joke that was not funny.

Which said so much to the potions professor that something that involved time travel was odder than the mecha madness to him. He did wonder how the school managed to avoid destroying itself given it seemed even bigger dunderheads went there and were in charge of the security for dangerous items.

At least with the stone a logic puzzle could keep most wizards busy for a long time. He doubted the time turner those three had used had anything as good as that.

'Perhaps this alien warrior will cut the hiding of important objects at Hogwarts down,' Snape mused to himself. 'Then again if he actually tried at all would do something at least. Given the caving to Dumbledore so many do.'

Vrlitwhai then looked Snape in the eye. Once more the Zentradi warrior was daring someone with ability to read minds to try looking in his mind.

"I suggest discussing with your former potions teacher on ways to improve your teaching technique and ways to improve class safety," the Zentradi remarked.

Dumbledore said nothing as that didn't involve his trust in Severus and he knew how little Londo Bell members cared about that assurance. It was annoying, but Albus was learning to deal with that.

"I will take that under advisement," Snape said after a moment.

"See that you do," Vrlitwhai snapped sharply.

No one really wanted to get between the pair.

They then heard a massive explosion. And then there was another one equally as massive that worried the teachers the school might be under attack.

"I see that Coop and Lowe are enjoying making that Gundam truly have starship fleet smashing abilities," Vrlitwhai mused.

"If not another one of their mechs," Professor McGonagall groaned as that might actually be far worse than the school being assaulted.

"Perhaps their help will be enough to open the eyes of many purebloods," Vrlitwhai said with a slight smirk.

"Open eyes and scare them out of their wits," Severus retorted.

Vrlitwhai was pleased at that as that meant they understood exactly what the world was like.

The Zentradi soldier then mused how he never imagined he'd end up keeping a school for magic in line when he was searching for that Supervision Army gunboat. Still he intended to do his job and perhaps get some enjoyment out of it.

What the teachers saw made their blood run cold and fill them with nearly as much fear as a Dementor could. The Weasley Twins were testing the Double Zeta's controls and having fun with the weapons.

Megas and the Red Astray were close by as they were watching the test.

"We're doomed," Sprout gasped.

"No," Vrlitwhai commented with amusement. "Just that the students are making good use of the opportunities given to them."

Flitwick gave the Zentradi a look like he was completely insane.

Vrlitwhai just shrugged. "They ask for heroes and never said anything about sanity. Plus it might take some pressure off Volunteer Ensign Potter. After all they might try saving themselves instead of expecting him to do so."

"Thank Merlin for that,' Remus muttered as he didn't like how Harry had to do the work of Aurors or adults at Hogwarts the last two years.

Though Remus also was worried about Halloween. At least two of them had been filled with danger and the last one had been the start of far more danger than Remus ever wanted Harry near.

The DADA teacher just hoped it wasn't something stupid someone on the staff or at the Ministry did that caused a problem on Halloween.

Remus might be tempted to let Ryoma or Hayato or Ken or Ryo deal with the fool. It was not nice, but Remus had to admit he was running out of patience on things messing with Harry. Also he felt he had let down Harry by not being there for him for many years. Even more not being there for him the last two years when he needed all the help he could get.

V-V-V

For all his doubts Neville Longbottom had to admit Burning PT was an incredible amount of fun. It felt so real and the rush felt so good. He wondered if that thrill was like others had flying really fast on their brooms.

The only thing that he didn't like about it was the fact his parents couldn't be able to watch him play. Which was a long time complaint Neville had on a lot of activities he enjoyed.

He also could not see his grandmother really understanding any of what he was doing or the appeal of it. Though that also did depend a bit on if his father would have enjoyed Burning PT as his gran held that man as something to emulate.

Neville then focused on his fight with Ron. The fight for the pair was a Gespenst against a Nero. Neville was using the split missiles to try to keep Ron at a distance.

The green thumbed wizard knew he had to keep Ron distracted, and not to take it personally if the person with the psychic abilities beat him in a game. After all those were a part of Ron and not something he could switch off even if he wanted to.

Harry in all honest actually would be a little easier as all he had was experience and skill.

For those watching the fight to see two purebloods taking well to a mecha simulator was still a complete shock. It also made Dumbledore and others ponder if having Burning PT would be a good second or third task for the Triwizard Tournament. It definitely would be memorable in any case.

It also won't put anyone at physical risk and he was sure the Terran League government would be rather critical of that and not happy with him or anyone who was involved with planning the tournament.

Ron was keeping focused on the matter at hand, and not being in awe at the fact they were fighting in a simulation of the Lunar city of Granada. Even the gravity for their mechs felt a bit lighter in this match.

The bright orange Nero then took cover behind a soda vending machine manufacturing plant. Ron in amusement wondered if he thought he wanted a soda the machines would try to come at him. It was something he wondered if it had happened to someone.

'Dad would probably love to study one of those mobile vending machines,' Ron thought to himself as he checked his various sensors to see where Neville was hiding.

Ron then got a feeling and leaped to his right and avoided being blasted by Neville's Neutron Beam. He also saw that Neville had managed to get on the roof of the Chrauler Luna building.

Ron grinned as that meant this was going to be fun and not a curb stomp. He didn't want to discourage Neville right at the start.

Ron then suddenly had a flash and he dodged a boomerang. He knew that things had just changed.

"So you two are the new guys," Sakurako Hono remarked with the Fire Venus looking ready to do some damage. "Hope you do better than that Kappei brat."

Ron's heart sunk even more when he saw Major Kitamura's Gespenst. That was a man not to be taken lightly.

"Well Nev you being eased into this just died,' Ron commented as he readied his Jegan beam rifle. One that Coop and Lowe had altered to have a jutte and Ron was very sure he'd be needing it now.

Neville kept his Gespenst as far away from the Fire Venus as he could. He didn't want to mess with what looked to be a close quarters combat mecha on their terms where they were strongest.

Sakurako was bemused by the fact the kid had enough sense to keep out of close quarters combat with her. Kappei hadn't and paid the price for that arrogance when he'd been tested in the simulator.

Which also said a lot as the Zambo Ace could turn into a jet and keep a great deal of distance from the Fire Venus.

Ron also tried his hardest to not be crushed by Major Kitamura as the man was an experienced pilot who knew his mech inside and out. In ways that Ron would love to someday know of his own mech.

Kai was glad that Volunteer Ensign Weasley was taking this seriously and doing his best. Gilliam had informed him of how Ron could have been much worse.

Frankly to Kai that Ron Weasley sounded to have as many problems as many Gundam pilots had when they first got thrust into the cockpit. Kai still remembered how he had to knock some sense into Kamille, Judau, and all of Judau's friends.

They had all learned why Kai was referred to as the Hell Instructor. Mondo and Beecha might actually have a boggart turn into Kai even now from how harsh their training was.

Or what happened after various incidents like turning the cargo bay into a soccer tournament or using the captain's dining room for a birthday bash without getting permission.

Needless to say Bright had been very glad to have Kai on hand during the Oz mess.

Kai calmly fired his shotgun and Ron was hard pressed to dodge the buckshot. Even his enhanced abilities had problems dodging that sort of widespread weapons fire.

It was a tactic Kai had learned to use when fighting newtypes. Hence why he tended to equip his Gespenst with one.

Ron was put on even more of the defensive, and wondered where the Cutie Honey was. He wasn't going to think that mech weak or unimportant. The Mazinger Angels were not someone to ever take lightly even in the simulator.

He also knew he'd need Neville's help in this. He wasn't going to win by himself.

Neville was thinking he needed Ron's help with this. He tried to give Ron some cover fire and avoid the Fire Venus.

Ron then suddenly turned and rapid fired his Jegan beam rifle. The Cutie Honey was put on the defensive.

Neville had heard about Ron having enhanced senses, but that was the first time he got to see it in action for himself.

"Merlin," Neville muttered in awe.

"Praise me later," Ron called out. "That won't stop them for long!"

The words turned out to be true as Honey Kisaragi came out sword first and Ron barely avoided having it run through the head of his Nero.

Ron also tried to kick the Cutie Honey in the head with an axe kick, but Honey got out of the way.

Neville fired on the Cutie Honey and was easily dodged by the experienced Mazinger Angel.

"Duck!" Ron called out.

Neville barely was able to avoid a flaming punch from the Fire Venus. He then fired the chest mounted mega blaster beam right in the face of the Fire Venus.

The Fire Venus was knocked back, and Neville wondered how much more powerful the Getter he had waiting for him to pilot would be as this Gespenst was just a regular mass produced unit.

Though Neville was very happy to not be just thrown into it without learning the basics of mecha combat. Way too many people had that happen to them for Neville's liking and he frankly doubted he'd have their luck in surviving that.

Then Neville got tackled by Kai and the simulator went dark as his Gespenst demolished Neville's with a Jet Magnum.

Despite losing Neville felt great and wanted to try that again. Maybe even fight Amuro Ray or The Sword That Pierces Evil just to say he'd done it.

"Who can I fight next?" Neville asked.

"Oh I like him," Hayato chuckled.

Ryoma snorted. "I think I'll show him how a Getter works. Should be a lot of fun."

"I think I also need to show Nev some things," Harry commented.

He knew that Neville needed all the training he could get, and that just might be enough to prepare him.

V-V-V

Cornelius Fudge was not a happy man. Sirius Black had escaped and now was making a political mess that likely would drag the head of magical cooperation down. It was the worst time for that as he needed the man for the Triwizard Tournament talks and the important talks with Riksent.

Fudge also wasn't pleased with the fact Sirius Black's mess would require a lot work to keep from blowing up in his face, and various Terran League and UK officials hated the Dementors very existence let alone using them to safeguard Hogwarts for any reason.

Which lead to the other problem Fudge had. A weird group of muggles had come and kept doing weird things. Killing Dementors, having Hogwarts go around like the Knight Bus, visited places like La Gias, and having crushed a powerful cabal known as the Romefeller Foundation the year before.

Londo Bell seemed to be working to top even the strangest Harry Potter novel.

The Boy-Who-Lived certainly had picked weird yet loyal allies. Yet Fudge merely considered the Boy-Who-Lived and Londo Bell merely another power bloc he had to deal with. One that didn't care for Dumbledore, scared Lucius and who Fudge was realizing they didn't like his use of Dementors to try safeguarding Hogwarts.

Even more Fudge was annoyed as Black wasn't even in the UK and living in the nation of Riksent. A nation their young leader looked up to a member of Londo Bell as her noble knight. She was definitely not listening to him or anyone else from the ministry. If anything she didn't wish to meet with him at all or anyone that could be sent the department of magical cooperation.

Only Harry Potter and Dumbledore working together could scare Fudge even more. Not that seemed to be likely as the pair had some very public disagreements at Hogwarts. So Fudge felt his position was fairly secure despite the Dementor disaster.

Fudge also was sure that Lucius as kicking himself for not making something like the Noir Department store. It might have been a muggle idea, but it seemed blood purity or tradition didn't stop the store from making a lot of money. Though Cornelius was unsure if it was in spite of or because of the owner being Sirius Black.

It was hard to tell if his fame had a hand in the success or not.

There also was the fact that Fudge had been taken to Copernicus City on the Moon for a meeting and it was hard to deny muggles were expanding outward when the whole trip was treated like if he went to the ICW headquarters.

Fudge was sure that meeting being held there was to drive that point home. Which frankly the muggles could have outer space and magic users could enlarge their enclaves on the Earth. Even give the Centaurs and such their own space far away from bothering him as he didn't care what they did as long as it wasn't something that would annoy him.

Still even with that thought Cornelius was worried about being overpowered and conquered by things that made You-Know-Who look like a child playing with their wand on the way to Hogwarts for the first time.

It also didn't help his nerves that You-Know-Who wasn't entirely dead. Certainly not in a state anyone would call living, but not gone as he frankly desired. He wasn't the type to quit and remain quiet forever.

Even worse for Fudge was the fact that Londo Bell had crushed You-Know-Who when he possessed some sort of dangerous giant beast….and considered it nothing out of the ordinary. With that measuring stick Fudge was worried about what they considered an extreme and hostile threat. Plus how easily such a threat would crush him flat or do the same to anywhere important.

The Statue of Secrecy seeming to not apply to Londo Bell due to them encountering so much magic was merely annoying compared to that. They also didn't seem to care if their superiors knew about it. Though one of those superiors had been a wizard from France.

'It might be a blessing Delores didn't live to see this,' Fudge thought as he downed a shot of firewhiskey.

The Minister had no idea that Gilliam Yeager would make sure she died somehow way before Harry would had to deal with her in Hogwarts. There was no way Major Yeager would allow Umbridge to use a blood quill on Harry let alone any of the things she'd do when Riddle would be in charge of the Wizarding World.

If anything Gilliam was going to stop the atrocities that would be done while Harry was on the run from being possible. They were not going to be let happen on his watch and those that would let them happen would be destroyed.

Fudge was unaware exactly how thin of ice he was with the intelligence agent, and little the man who had taken many names honestly believed the UK Wizarding World government could fix the mess they were. If the Minister was aware of that then he'd be more afraid of Gilliam Yeager than anyone else at the moment.

Well perhaps Mio would also scare him, but she wasn't a determined as Gilliam or willing to get her hands dirty dealing with a problem as Gilliam was.

If Fudge was lucky he'd never have to learn how far Gilliam Yeager would go first hand. That many bigots would see first hand aliens, mecha, and exactly why they shouldn't get the attention of 'muggles'.

If he wasn't lucky Fudge was going to find it very painful and educational. It won't be a long lesson, but it'd be memorable.

V-V-V

Harry Potter looked terrible as Halloween arrived. As did his friend Hermione and anyone else who had paid attention that the day was pretty bad for Volunteer Ensign Potter. Professor Lupin looked like death warmed over.

With the amount of insanity Londo Bell dealt with had some hoping they could handle it. Also that Londo Bell won't cause the madness to be amped even higher. Though they had their doubts on that.

Harry had been worried the day before thinking perhaps the chaos would start over the international dateline. It hadn't but it still hadn't helped his nerves in the slightest. If anything it had made it all worse and made it harder for him to focus on anything that day or sleep that night.

It didn't help that everything went to hell just after breakfast. The ceiling to the great hall turned from showing the outside to various monitors showing the pure chaos of various forces attacking the Earth, and the forces battling them.

They saw the Gundam Fight mobile suits, Evangelion 00, 01, and 02, the Glory Stars, Getter Robo Go,and Wing Zero defending Tokyo 3 from demons. The various mecha to fight the Mimetic Beasts was helping in the regions they were based. Center City was being protected by the Hiryu and the friends of Judau from several strange robots. There was Paradigm City being attacked by Boazanians with Big O trying to hold them off. They also got to see Green Falcon Squad working with Immortal 4th Team and local Taurus using forces to defend the Sanq Kingdom from that one ugly mobile armor that could throw lighting plus Archduke Gorgon and forces most of Londo Bell had no idea who they were.

There also was more fighting and devastation going on across the world. What made it worse was the fact the several mechs of unknown types were extremely powerful and causing even more destruction than all the units they knew.

Tetsuya turned to Jun as footage of the chaos held everyone's attention. Those mecha weren't unknowns to them.

"It looks like they were able to gain allies like we had," Tetsuya said softly.

Jun nodded. This was what they had trained for all those years, and it seemed to be even worse than they had imagined.

The Mycenae Empire was attacking the world and it seemed their forces were far more willing to work with others than the Kedoras that had caused Londo Bell and even Doctor Hell problems before being destroyed.

The pair then noticed that Harry now was completely freaking out at the sights on the ceiling.

"My fault…" Harry muttered over and over again as he watched the destruction.

"Harry I don't think they care this day has any meaning to you," Ron remarked. "I think they want to kick everyone's arse."

Hermione looked unsure what to say to Harry as she stared at the carnage that was unfolding around the world.

"But if I didn't join Londo Bell Halloween won't be this bad," Harry snapped.

"Yeah it might have just been Dementors killing everyone," Ryoma commented. "Given there was no control over them and just the overworked teachers at Hogwarts to fight them."

Even those that still felt Dumbledore was a great wizard and knew he could do the spell to drive off Dementors would have to admit that still left too few people to deal with such a threat. If they weren't currently scared out of their wits at the carnage being shown to them.

Harry had to admit Ryoma had a point. A very gory point, but still a good point. Not that it helped in his heart.

"So let's go break all the invaders in two," Ryoma said with his usual insane grin.

Vrlitwhai was not surprised that was Ryoma's response. After all their first meeting on Vrlitwhai's ship involved Getter One hitting him in the groin and flying deeper into ship as Getter Jets.

There wasn't any doubt him the Zentradi warrior's mind that Ryoma intended to live up to his word and deal with the invaders.

The only question was where they would be ordered to first. There just so many places under attack.

An air horn was used to get everyone's attention. Which actually worked extremely well even to those that knew what that weird noise was.

"Everyone to battle positions!" Vrlitwhai ordered. "We have a lot of work to do, and many lives counting on us!"

Harry just hoped those words would not be used on their tombstones. He hoped they all survived this massive disaster.

He also had a sinking feeling they were going to launch Zeorymer in this mess. Which meant his hubris would also get Masato launched in a mech people still were sure was booby trapped in some manner.

V-V-V

Fleur usually found visiting Paris to be enjoyable. There was some specialty food stores she tried to visit every time she went there. There was this great shop that sold all kind of mustards that she just loved trying out what new flavors they had created.

She really doubted she'd be able to go to the stores this time even if they were still standing after the fighting. This was merely the tip of the iceberg in Paris and she was worried how such a massive force could be gathered and assault the Earth.

Though even in fighting strange unknown mecha she had to blink when she saw the MacBeth again with what looked like a flying high tech castle.

Even more so when she saw the castle launching some mecha she knew such as Harry's Rezel, Mazinger Z, Nu Gundam, and Shin Getter.

Then she saw a bright orange Nero. It was something she never expected to see. It also broke good taste in colors like a Getter pilot could break bones.

"Who...who would pick having their mech that gaudy color?" Fleur said before realizing she had spoken out loud instead of thinking that. And on an open comm channel at that.

"Hey!" Ron yelled in annoyance. "I like it, and at least I'm not using red like so many guys who think that makes them like the Red Comet."

Of call the people Fleur would have expected to pilot a mech...one of those British pureblood wizards she'd met at that birthday party was not one of them.

She then saw what looked like an all black version of the original Getter One with Shin Getter's eyes. Fleur wondered who they got in that and how they were still in shape to keep that mech moving.

Fleur also noticed the spikes on the knuckles of Black Getter as it punched what looked like a massive alabaster skinned Roman gladiator face and knocked it to the ground.

Arsoth staggered to his feet but got his head cut off by Great Mazinger. Venus A destroyed the severed head with a Photon beam.

"This wasn't what I had a feeling Halloween would be," Fleur admitted.

"Welcome to my usual Halloween on steroids," Harry sighed with self loathing dripping from his words.

"No one is blaming you Harry," Amuro said kindly.

"I still should have known something like this would happen," Harry said in a tired tone.

"Have the pity party later," Ryoma called out as he sliced into what looked like a recolored Mazinger Z with a human face where the pilder should be and one of the arms was a pincher claw.

Grecios really didn't like that very much. First the damage and not even from the unit he had been created to defeat.

Koji got one look at Grecios and instantly knew how Tetsuya had felt about all those MP Great Mazingers. Only at least they'd managed to get all those right and not look like some kid's attempt to draw Mazinger Z!

"Photon Beam!" Koji yelled and let loose on the Warrior Beast.

Grecious returned fire with heat beams from the eyes.

"Nice try!" Koji called out as he dodged that attack with a practiced ease.

Harry fired on Grecious as well. The attack seemed to just annoy the Warrior Beast and it tried to use the claw hand on Harry's Rezel.

However Harry was quick as lightning and managed to dodge the attack.

Neville then at high speed drove a tomahawk through the head of Grecios. There was a burst of blood that splattered on the Getter.

"Merlin," Neville gasped. "What are those things?"

"My guess is cyborgs," Hayato Jin remarked.

"Ancient cyborgs that wish to take back the surface world," Tetsuya stated. "One that Jun and I had trained for many years to be prepared for."

"Lovely," Amuro remarked as he let another Warrior Beast have it with the massive gun of the enhanced Nu Gundam. The huge beam weapon tore apart the manta ray-like Dagora.

"Well they aren't hyper mega cannon proof," Kamille stated as he unloaded on grey, white and red Warrior Beast.

Rubamba tried to smash Zeta Gundam with a massive mace. The Zeta Gundam barely got out of the way and struck the Warrior Beast in the leg with the massive beam rifle.

"And didn't say anything why?" Mu inquired as the Zorin Soul swiped at the hobbling Rubamba with the beam saber.

The Warrior Beast seemed angry more than anything at the attack Mu had done, but the Zorin Soul was easily able to dodge the injured invader.

"It wasn't our place," Jun commented as she unleashed a photon beam on a Warrior Beast trying to sneak up on Fleur.

"Right," Ryoma groused as he struck the Rubamba with a Getter Beam. "I just hope you don't think we wouldn't believe you."

"After Mazinger Z got possessed by the cyborg brain we knew that you would believe us," Tetsuya assured them. "However those in charge were far more suspect."

No one disagreed with Tetsuya on that point. The scars from the mess with Oz, the Romefeller Foundation, and that Foundation's other elite units hadn't faded. They also had a feeling those that had been rivals of Romefeller could come out of the woodwork and try to make their plans a reality.

"You aren't hiding anything else are you?" Ron asked pointedly as he unloaded on the wounded Rubamba with the shoulder mounted beam cannons on his Nero.

"If I am it is nothing that concerns you," Tetsuya replied sharply as he heated up the surface of Great and drove into the optics of Rubamba the white hot fingers of his mech.

Great Mazinger then drove a fist through the chest of the Rubamba.

Ron huffed and let out a massive rapid fire barrage on the Warrior Beasts. Which actually did make him feel a bit more calm.

"Who knew shooting giant monsters was a good way to relieve stress?" Ron mused.

"We need to introduce you to video games some time," Jamie remarked.

"Oh that'll be fun," Ryoma grinned as he drove his tomahawk through the head of Warrior Beast.

Kaworu said nothing as he battled these strange lillium. He wondered if Shinji could crush all these cyborgs by himself. He blew up the head of the Rubamba with the Desert Eagle-like handgun of his Evangelion. The extremely tough Warrior Beast finally went still.

Yuu wasn't sure what it was, but Yuu Brain honestly didn't like Kaworu much.

Yuu then blinked seeing Go-Lion merging. With Warrior Beasts being zapped by the electrical energy around the five lions as they tried to stop the merger.

"That just is strange…." Yuu admitted. "Even by my standards."

"You get used to it," Rastel Feinschmeker commented as his Huckebein used the photon rifle on Warrior Beasts.

Yuu wasn't sure how to take that. He also wasn't sure how well Kanan would be able to take this madness.

Or the fact that Harry had gotten out both mega beam sabers and now was slicing up any and everything that attacked him.

"Die!" Harry growled as he tried to vent his feelings of causing this entire mess. A diamond covered Warrior Beast lost its head literally.

"And I thought I'd been frustrated," Ron muttered as he stepped on the head of Diacus just to make sure.

There was a crunching sound as Ron crushed the head. Ron made sure to crush the head into as small of pieces as he could.

Neville wasn't sure what to make of what Harry was doing other watching his back as a green lizard-like Warrior Beast popped up a missile launcher in its back. Black Getter smashed the missile launcher with its fist and then the tomahawk through the head of the Warrior Beast.

Goberius didn't move again after that.

Neville felt a bit of a rush at that. He then smiled and wondered what Great Uncle Algie would think of all this.

Neville hoped he'd be completely scared. Neville then tried to do the smile of the Getter pilots and was sure if he saw himself in a mirror it probably won't look even close.

Harry then cut the arm off an ape like Warrior Beast. The end of the arm was a mace, but that arm hit the ground.

Barubari fired missiles out of its mouth, but those seemed to not do much to Harry's Rezel.

Harry then cut the Warrior Beast in half lengthwise with a mega beam saber.

"Nice work," Ken said with utterly honesty.

"We...we…" Masato said softly. "We are sure these aren't people right? Just organic bits added to machines?"

"Figures the most powerful mech has a pilot that would fit in perfectly with the Junk Guild," Ryoma sighed.

"What is wrong with that?" Lowe asked as he literally disarmed various Warrior Beasts with the mobile sized katana his Red Astray had.

"I believe he means that it won't be used to its full ability," Fleur commented as she fired a neutron rifle at Warrior Beasts.

"I am amazed Masato even got into that thing," Amuro admitted. "Piloting a mech is not easy, and that's not even going into the things Last Guardian did or all the revelations Masato has had since that...recruitment."

"Thank you…" Masato stated as he was glad someone got it.

"And I am so sorry my decision forced you to be in that thing," Harry said sounding very unhappy with himself.

"We both knew I'd be forced to pilot Zeorymer one day Harry," Masato commented. "The fact it has taken as long as it has is amazing."

Harry sighed as that was true as much as he hated it. He just didn't want his friend to have to deal with all this shite.

It was something that Masato knew and made him feel better about his situation.

Masato then unleashed an energy blast from orb on arm of Zeoymer at a green dragon looking Warrior Beast. The force the attack was far more than General Draydou was expecting.

Thankfully the general in charge of attacking Paris didn't respond in a manner that would have Masato freeze up and regret attacking someone.

The wounded general got up and both faces he had looked enraged. He unleashed a torrent of flame from his dragon head at Zeorymer.

The attack only stopped when Rai unleashed the Hi-Zol launchers on General Draydou.

General Draydou then got attacked by Mio and like all others he had no idea what to make of being hit with a giant fan by the familiar attack Zamzeed had.

"I am dangerous," Mio called out.

"Does anyone have any idea what she is referring to?" Ron asked as he shot General Draydou in the face several times with his Jegan beam rifle.

"An old movie called Top Gun," Gilliam explained as he fired his vampire laser at a Warrior Beast. "Which has one of the characters have the call sign Iceman."

"Isn't that same one Lt. Branstein has?" Neville inquired.

"Yes it is," Rai commented in a tone that made it clear for them all to drop the subject they were talking about.

"Getter Beam!" Neville then called out and fired a blast from the chest at General Draydou and the general didn't melt so they could rule out that he was a literal dinosaur.

"You are learning," Ryoma commented in bemusement.

Harry then blasted General Draydou in the human face on his chest with the long mega buster at full power. It wasn't as powerful as Zeoymer's attack, but it was aimed at a more directly at a far more vulnerable spot.

The general fell to the ground in pain once more.

Harry got a massive burst of flames when General Draydou got up.

The next Draydou knew was the spiked fist of the Black Getter slamming into his human face. And then Neville rained blows on the general.

The human face was a bloody mess, and pure rage filled the eyes.

Then lightning struck. However it was not Great Mazinger doing that to Warrior Beasts, but instead one of the Warrior Beasts doing it to the Black Getter.

Neville screamed in pain the Getter made a great lightning rod.

Shin Getter One took off and slammed into what looked like a giant peafowl with bull's horns.

Ryoma slashed off Peacong's tail feather's with a tomahawk.

"Hands off the kid," Hayato remarked. "He's with us."

Ron fired the beam cannons of his Nero right into the organic face of Peacong and blew it up.

The general had this feeling maybe he should leave Paris. He took off and Tetsuya threw the heat sink/boomerang on the chest of his mech.

When the Great Boomerang missed Tetsuya unleashed a Great Typhoon and it took missed.

Then suddenly the Great Boomerang sliced through General Draydou.

"He...he...used that wind attack to redirect that giant boomerang," Ron gasped.

Shin Getter One separated and turned into Shin Getter Two and destroyed what was left of General Draydou with the massive drill arm.

The loss of their general threw the Warrior Beasts into pure chaos.

The type zero Grungust easily beheaded Warrior Beasts.

Mazinkaiser SKL started running them down with the massive motorcycle.

Fleur raised an eyebrow at that, and was sure her father was glad to not have to deal with those two when he was in charge of Londo Bell.

She also made sure those invaders still moving and trying to get back up were finished off.

"Don't stop now!" Sanger called out. "This city is only the beginning. We have a whole world to save!"

V-V-V

Thomas Krieger was somewhat bemused at how insane Halloween had turned out for all of the Earth. He and his daughter were completely safe on the Axis colony that had become more of a gathering place for the Neo Zeonic forces than any other place in the Solar System.

Krieger had found the accommodations rather nice and enjoyed being in space. He felt the future was going to be made in space, and it was where the strong and adventurous went.

And if Thomas was anything he was strong and willing to go where angels feared to tread.

'Though the phrase where angels fear to tread might be a bit different after those giant monsters called Angels have attacked the Earth,' Thomas mused with a chuckle.

He then looked at Delphini as a device much like the one used to teach Hayato Jin how to pilot a Getter was teaching his daughter how to pilot a mobile suit. A Vayate was being painted silver and green for her.

Thomas smiled as it was a powerful unit, and should allow Delphini to gain a trusted position with those running this "Sleeves" group and likely also with the rallying point/showpiece of the group. The cyber newtype carbon human meant to be the "reborn Red Comet" called Full Frontal.

Thomas considered it all to be only worth it as it allowed him to be around, and a place to build a new powerbase from. He was very sure that Full Frontal was going to be derived by those that actually knew or battled Char Aznable.

Frankly he doubted the whole Sleeves thing was going to amount to a hill of beans, and he honestly wondered if there was a point for them to fight when they could migrate to entirely other planets outside the Solar System.

Thomas mused once more at how insane the universe had become for things like that to be really normal.

The world was also full of interesting opportunities that Thomas knew he needed to exploit. He'd show that has been wraith how it was really done!

'Oh I am going to enjoy showing up that wraith,' Thomas thought with amusement.

While Delphini was amazed at the things she was learning. How to use mecha, the proper tactics for effective combat, and what various types of mecha were. There were so many types of mecha as well.

It was a power unlike any she could have imagined before ending up in this time, and she wished to thank Londo Bell and those two idiots with the business end of her weapons she would have. She'd make their deaths quick instead of drawn out as a mercy.

Though she did wonder what the wraith that her father was had been up to in this strange time. Had he actually done anything impressive? Or was he still sulking somewhere waiting for a follower to show up?

She wasn't sure if she honestly wanted to know or not as Thomas seemed to be the best aspects of her father.

She had a feeling that the wraith was not going to measure up that well in comparison.

Given how much she looked up to her father that was a realization she didn't like in the slightest. She didn't even want to entertain the idea that he might not be as good as she thought he was.

Yet the evidence was there to show how small her father's plans had been. Also that he was sure that Thomas was not going to use a Killing Curse on Potter as it seemed every time her father had the spell never worked right.

She was sure the various weapons of the modified Sazabi that her father was going to use would not have that issue and could destroy a Rezel.

Still she wondered what her Father was doing exactly as he couldn't be planning in the middle of nowhere.

V-V-V

The Empress of Tau Dragon looked at the two Mazinger units that were enhanced beyond that of Great Mazinger.

One was golden in color along with the usual Mazinger red and called Mazinger Valor. The other was like Mazinger Z, but with more spikes, a cape, and what looked like Z on one eye. That mech was called Necro Mazinger.

Both mecha were nothing compared to the power of Zeorymer, but honestly Tau Dragon needed powerful units and even the other units they had were not equal to that of Londo Bell given how three of them had needed extensive repair work in that Frontier IV mess.

In any case the Great Mazinger shock troops were not enough, and they knew anything run of the mill produced by Anaheim Electronics would be even less powerful than the Great Mazingers.

They needed more and stronger units.

They needed Gundams and reportedly there was a series of them, a new in system starship line's prototype, the tender that could attach to it, and some prototypes of Orb's new mecha being created on an Orb space colony called Heliopolis.

Interestingly enough the Gundams weren't being made by Anaheim Electronics, but a test to see if someone besides the mecha juggernaut could produce equipment for the Terran League. In fact it was a semi nationalized company in Orb called Morgenroete working with SNRI.

They wanted those Gundams. With their reportedly being along with mass produced units a very special unit to be made for Orb which also was of interest to Tau Dragon.

Plus there was the fact that special unit, one of the Gundams, and an in the works MP unit off that Gundam had plans for equipment backpacks that could be swapped out.

The idea of Striker Packs as they were called was rather interesting to Tau Dragon and they were sure would prove extremely useful.

Perhaps those Gundams would be enough along with new Mazingers to rival the Terran League's regular forces.

Yet Londo Bell would require more to be defeated. And their helping the one who was to Zeorymer's pilot meant they all had to die.

A task that would prove Tau Dragon was more than the flaws that had been put into them.

V-V-V

Chapter Notes

Joey Jones is from Heroman. There's a bit of Peter Parker to him, but without the snark.

Vrlitwhai Kirdanik is from Macross. He was the commander of the Zentradi force that first appeared in the Solar System after the Supervision Army gunboat, and has become an ally of humanity. Though still thinks they're kind of weird.

Ryoma Nagare is from Getter Robo. He is a badass and not something to fight if you want to live.

Sakuruko Hono is from Mazinger Angels. She is built like a tank, and pilot of the close quarters combat mecha known as Fire Venus.

Kai Kitamura is from Super Robot Wars OG. He is an experienced mech pilot and he can get the most out of a mass production unit.

Honey Kisaragi is from Mazinger Angels. She is a master of disguise and pilot of the Cutey Honey.

Hayato Jin is from Getter Robo. Not a man to be messed with...ever.

Gilliam Yeager is from Super Robot Wars OG. An intelligence officer with some interesting secrets.

Mio Sasuga is from Super Robot Wars OG. She can break the fourth wall and nothing will stop her from doing so. Also pilot of the Zamzeed.

Tetsuya Tsurugi is from Great Mazinger. A great pilot, but also has a big ego and somehow thinks he might be replaceable as the pilot of Great Mazinger.

Jun Hono is from Great Mazinger. The pilot of Venus A and not someone to take lightly.

Amuro Ray is from the original Gundam series. The first Gundam pilot and whom all are measured.

Koji Kabuto is from Mazinger Z. He is the original hot blooded teenage mech pilot.

Kamille Bidan is from Zeta Gundam. Not someone to be taken lightly.

Mu la Flaga is from Gundam SEED. An experienced mech pilot and even he is a bit surprised at how much Londo Bell makes the impossible possible.

Jamie is from Megas XLR. He is a coward and would be ladies man, but there is more to him than even he imagines.

Yuu Isani is from Brain Powerd. He's got a lot of issues, and also a skilled pilot.

Rastel Feinschmeker is from Super Robot Wars OG. An incredible chef and mech pilot. Rai's older brother Elzam.

Ken Kaido from Mazinkaiser SKL. Likes using bladed weapons and got being one of Mazinkaiser SKL's pilots due to being able to withstand the stresses of being in the cockpit.

Masato Akitsu is from Zeorymer. He doesn't want hurt people...even if they are trying to kill him.

Raidiese "Rai" Branstein is from Super Robot Wars OG. He has the call sign Iceman and is a measured mecha pilot. Also has a metal hand due to a mecha test that went crazy.

Sanger Zonvolt is from Super Robot Wars OG. He is awesome. He is the Sword That Pierces Evil!